I really love the stories that Frank Miller creates. The man is a genius. That being said, I had doubts about Zack Snyder's ability to direct the movie as his only other film is Dawn Of The Dead remake. Although that was a good film, it was his only one.

The best thing about 300 for me is the fact that it reminded me of the Jason And The Argonauts type of films. It's truly epic. Normally I'm turned off by CGI blood and such but it all seemed to work here. My only complaint is that I really want to see what happens after the credits.

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__________________________________________________________"The greatest medicine in the world is human laughter. And the worst medicine is zombie laughter." -- Jack Handey

A bald man named Savalas visited me last night in a dream. I think it was a Telly vision.

Wow...when did that guy who played the Phantom of The Opera turn into such a badass?

This movie was awesome. I agree, the blood could have been a little better, and there was too much slo-mo, but other than that, it's just great to see yet another stylish violence-fest up there on the screen.

They did show the Arcadian who look to have the greates number of troops there.

I mention the Thespians because the majority of the Greeks fled in hopes of regrouping with a larger army and fighting later. The Thespians and Spartans stayed behind in a last stand sort of deal, knowing full well that they'd die (though they'd die covering the retreat of the rest of the army). After the other Greeks left though, most of the fighting was actually done already.

Leonidas also was fulfilling part of the Oracle's prophecy, which said essentially a king had to die to save Sparta. They delayed the advance enough for the rest of the Greek's to regroup and get their navy in gear.

It is interesting to ponder what would have happened if they hadn't held them as long as they had. Assuming that Persia had conquered Greece, modern Western thought would probably have never developed.

Don't take me wrong, I loved the film, it's just that it is so over the top and violence-packed that I though it belonged there. It's a fantastic bad movie, so to speak.

There were a few things I didn't like, such as the epilogue or the music, but the movie rocks. It was amazing to be on the badass side for once (not mauch chances of this happening in this PC era), and the visuals are amazing, borrowing heavily from the comic book language, but always speaking in their own voice (Robert Rodriguez, chingao, watch and learn!).

And the narrator alone was lots of fun. I had never realised before how rooted is the objective narrator was before. It was awesome hearing him cheer for the Spartans or berating the Persians. My favourite bit is when the Spartans watch the Persian vessels being crushed against the rocks during a storm and he cheers "It's glorious!".

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Due to the horrifying nature of this film, no one will be admitted to the theatre.

I'd say my one complaint with the movie was that I wish they showed a bit more of the actual Spartan fighting style. They only showed that at the very beginning of all the fighting. Perhaps if they meshed their real fighting style with the cool made up stuff I would have been content.

But it was an excellent movie and very cool. Loved the mutataions put here and there.